| US 7,502,304 B2 | ||
| Data recording and reproducing device, data recording and reproducing method, and recording medium | ||
| Takanori Maeda, Saitama (Japan); and Atsushi Onoe, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/568,700 PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/011192 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 17, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/020226, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 03, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2003-208041 (JP), filed on Aug. 20, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0182004 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 369—126 | 16 Claims |
| 1. A data recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:
a recording medium having a recording area to record therein data;
a support device disposed in a predetermined position relationship with the recording medium;
a first probe, which is supported by the support device, for recording data onto the recording medium or reading data recorded
on the recording medium;
a second probe, which is supported by the support device, for recording data onto the recording medium or reading data recorded
on the recording medium; and
a displacement mechanism for relatively displacing the support device with respect to the recording medium,
a part of the recording area of the recording medium having a position control area which corresponds to a part or all of
a specific range where a tip portion of the first probe can be relatively displaced along with the relative displacement of
the support device or which corresponds to a broader range including said specific range, first position information being
recorded in a part or all of the position control area,
the recording area of the recording medium being divided into a plurality of areas which are arranged in a matrix, the position
control area being at least one of the division areas or a part of at least one of the division areas,
the position control area being formed in a central portion of the recording area of the recording medium.
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